DAVID UAHIKEAIKALEI‘OHU MAILE Assistant Professor Department of Political Science, University of Toronto Sidney Smith Hall Room 3108, 100 St. George Street uahikea.maile@utoronto.ca CURRENT APPOINTMENT 2019–
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto. Affiliate Faculty with Centre for Indigenous Studies and Centre for the Study in the United States.
EDUCATION 2019
PhD, American Studies, with distinction. Graduate Certificate, Women Studies. University of New Mexico, NM.
2012
MS, Communication Studies. University of Portland, OR.
2010
BA, Economics. Pacific University, OR.
PUBLICATIONS Books Nā Makana Ea: Settler Colonial Capitalism and the Gifts of Sovereignty in Hawai‘i (preparing for submission in Fall 2021). Refereed Journal Articles “Unsettling (S)pace: Technoscientific Desires for Time, Territory, and Outer Space atop Maunakea.” Special Issue of American Indian Culture and Research Journal (forthcoming). “Resurgent Refusals: Protecting Mauna a Wākea and Kanaka Maoli Decolonization.” Special Issue of Hūlili: Multidisciplinary Research on Hawaiian Well-Being 11, no. 1 (2019): 57-69. “Going Native: South Park Satire, Settler Colonialism, and Hawaiian Indigeneity.” Special Issue of Cultural Studies <-> Critical Methodologies 17, no. 1 (2017): 60-66. Book Chapters & Reviews “Are Hawaiians Indians?” In Biopolitics, Geopolitics, Life: Settler States and Indigenous Presences, edited by René Dietrich and Kerstin Knopf. Durham, NC: Duke University Press (forthcoming). “‘A‘ole Is Our Refusal.” In Detours: A Decolonial Guide to Hawai‘i, edited by Hōkūlani K. Aikau and Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez, 193-199. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2019.
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“Threats of Violence: Refusing the Thirty Meter Telescope and Dakota Access Pipeline.” In Standing With Standing Rock: Voices From the #NoDAPL Movement, edited by Nick Estes and Jaskiran Dhillon, 328-343. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 2019. “Kanaka ‘Ōiwi Methodologies: Mo‘olelo and Metaphor.” Journal of Native American & Indigenous Studies, 4 (2017): 120-121. Non-Refereed Public Scholarship & Edited Series “The US government has always given Native Hawaiians a raw deal—it still does.” The Guardian. March 4, 2021. http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/mar/04/usgovernment-native-hawaiians-raw-deal. “Ka Lei o ka Lanakila: Grasping Victory at Maunakea.” Abolition: A Journal of Insurgent Politics. http://abolitionjournal.org/ka-lei-o-ka-lanakila. “States of Emergency/Emergence: Learning from Mauna Kea.” Co-edited series with Sarah Marie Wiebe in Abolition: A Journal of Insurgent Politics. http://abolitionjournal.org/category/learning-from-mauna-kea. “When a State of Emergency is Declared, We Should All be Alarmed.” Co-authored with Sarah Marie Wiebe in Abolition: A Journal of Insurgent Politics. September 27, 2019. http://abolitionjournal.org/when-a-state-of-emergency-is-declared-we-should-all-be-alarmed. “For Mauna Kea to Live, TMT Must Leave.” Radical History Review: The Abusable Past. August 14, 2019. http://www.radicalhistoryreview.org/abusablepast/?p=3219. “Precarious Performances: The Thirty Meter Telescope and Settler State Policing of Kānaka Maoli.” Abolition: A Journal of Insurgent Politics. September 9, 2018. http://abolitionjournal.org/precarious-performances. “On the Violence of the Thirty Meter Telescope and the Dakota Access Pipeline.” Cultural Anthropology: Hot Spot Series. December 22, 2016. http://web.archive.org/web/20181213223507/https:/culanth.org/fieldsights/1020-on-theviolence-of-the-thirty-meter-telescope-and-the-dakota-access-pipeline. “RIMPAC and the Military Occupation of Hawai‘i.” The Red Nation. August 16, 2016. http://therednation.org/2016/08/16/rimpac-and-the-military-occupation-of-hawaii. “Lā Ho‘iho‘i Ea: Politics of Restoration and Hawaiian Sovereignty.” The Red Nation. August 3, 2015. http://therednation.org/2015/08/03/la-hoihoi-ea-politics-of-restoration-and-hawaiiansovereignty. “Science, Time, and Mauna a Wākea: The Thirty Meter Telescope’s Capitalist-Colonialist Violence (part II).” The Red Nation. May 21, 2015. http://therednation.org/2015/05/20/sciencetime-and-mauna-a-wakea-the-thirty-meter-telescopes-capitalist-colonialist-violence.
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“Science, Time, and Mauna a Wākea: The Thirty Meter Telescope’s Capitalist-Colonialist Violence (part I).” The Red Nation. May 13, 2015. http://therednation.org/2015/05/13/sciencetime-and-mauna-a-wakea-the-thirty-meter-telescopes-capitalist-colonialist-violence-an-essayin-two-parts. “Collections: Preserving a Symbolic Makaloa Mat’s Message.” Ka ‘Elele The Messenger: The Journal of Bishop Museum, no. 6 (2012): 10-11. PRESENTATIONS Conference & Symposium Presentations 2020
“He Makana Ea: Maunakea and the Gift of Sovereignty in Hawai‘i.” American Political Science Association Conference (online).
2020
“Methods Café.” American Political Science Association Conference (online).
2020
“He Makana Ea: Settler Colonial Capitalism and a Hawaiian Gift of Sovereignty.” American Studies Association Conference, Baltimore, MD (covid canceled).
2020
“Beyond the Boundaries of IR: Power, Indigeneity, and the Settler State.” Native American & Indigenous Studies Association Conference, Toronto, ON (covid canceled).
2020
“Two Spirit, Trans and Queer Land Relations.” Native American & Indigenous Studies Association Conference, Toronto, ON (covid canceled).
2020
“On unsettling (s)pace.” Hawai‘i Sociological Association Conference, Hilo, HI.
2020
“Divestment & Beyond.” Organizing Climate Justice Symposium, University of Toronto, ON.
2019
“Exceptions and Environmentalism in Protecting Mauna Kea from the Thirty Meter Telescope.” University of Toronto Environmental Humanities Network Symposium, Toronto, ON.
2019
“Our History Is the Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance.” American Studies Association Conference, Honolulu, HI.
2019
“Standing with Standing Rock: Voices from the #NoDAPL Movement (2019): A Roundtable Discussion with the Authors.” Western Historical Association Conference, Las Vegas, NV.
2019
“Claims of Sovereignty: The Modern State and Indigenous People.” Department of Political Science Symposium, University of Toronto, ON.
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2019
“Beyond the Trend of Decolonizing Science.” Union of Concerned Scientists Webinar. http://youtu.be/y_dZuzNi6dM.
2018
“Precarious Performances: The Thirty Meter Telescope and Settler State Policing of Kānaka Maoli.” Red Nation Native Liberation Conference, Albuquerque, NM.
2018
“Threats of Violence: The Thirty Meter Telescope and Settler State Policing of Kānaka Maoli.” Native American & Indigenous Studies Association Conference, Los Angeles, CA.
2017
“Kanaka Maoli Resurgent Refusals of Settler Colonial Capitalism.” Native American & Indigenous Studies Association Conference, Vancouver, BC.
2016
“Notices of Settlement: U.S. Federal Recognition and Kanaka Maoli Politics of ‘A‘ole.” American Studies Association Conference, Denver, CO.
2016
“Resurgent Refusals: Protecting Mauna a Wākea and Kanaka Maoli Decolonization.” Native American & Indigenous Studies Association Conference, Honolulu, HI.
2015
“He Moena Pāwehe Makana: Weaving Anti-Capitalist Resistance into Kanaka Maoli Critiques of Settler Colonialism.” Native American & Indigenous Studies Association Conference, Washington, DC.
2014
“‘Stupid Greedy Haoles, Kill Them All!’: South Park, Settler Colonialism, and Hawaiian Indigeneity.” National Communication Association Conference, Chicago, IL.
2014
“‘A Magical Kingdom? Disney Aulani Resort Discourses of Indigenous Hawaiian Ecocultures.” International Communication Association Conference, Seattle, WA.
2014
“‘Be Proud You’re Hawaiian’: Hawaiian Narratives of Indigenous Identity as Transferred Collective Memories of Colonialism.” Western States Communication Association Conference, Anaheim, CA.
2013
“Hawaiian Identity Narratives: Diasporic Indigenous and Local Hawaiians’ Collective Memories of U.S. American Colonialism.” International Communication Association Conference, London, UK.
Invited Presentations 2021
“Theft is Property! An Online Talk by Robert Nichols.” University of Toronto Jackman Humanities Institute.
2020
“Canadian Astronomy, the Thirty Meter Telescope, and Kanaka Maoli Resistance on Unceded Territory at Maunakea.” Okanagan College Indigenous Knowledge Speaker Series.
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2020
“Settler-Colonialism and the Indigenous Struggle in the US and Israel.” Brown University & Rhode Island School of Design Symposium.
2020
“Mauna Kea Syllabus Project: From Standing Rock to Maunakea.” University of Hawai‘i Symposium, Honolulu, HI.
2020
“Settler Colonialism and the Road to Self Determination.” Rutgers Law School Symposium, Newark, NJ (covid canceled).
2020
“Exceptions and Environmentalism in Protecting Maunakea from the Thirty Meter Telescope.” School of the Environment, University of Toronto, ON.
2020
“More Than Consent: Practices and Protocols for Techno-Worlds.” Technoscience Research Lab Salon, University of Toronto, ON.
2020
“on unsettling (s)pace.” Indigenous Education Network, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, ON.
2019
“Canadian Divestment from the Thirty Meter Telescope.” Pu‘uhonua o Pu‘uhuluhulu University, Hilo, HI.
2019
“on unsettling (s)pace.” Department of Political Science, University of Hawai‘i, Honolulu, HI.
2019
“Mo‘olelo: E Ho‘ololi.” Pu‘uhonua o Pu‘uhuluhulu University, Hilo, HI.
2016
“RIMPAC and the Military Occupation of Hawai‘i.” Red Nation Native Liberation Conference, Albuquerque, NM.
Panels Organized & Moderated 2020
“Pacific Unstandard: Cultural Discourses on Demilitarizing Pacific Futures.” American Studies Association Conference, Baltimore, MA (covid canceled).
2020
“Addressing Climate Change in Indigenous Communities.” Native American & Indigenous Studies Association Conference, Toronto, ON (covid canceled).
2019
“Maunakea Kū Ha‘o I Ka Mālie: Student Perspectives on ‘Āina and Activism Surrounding Maunakea and the TMT.” American Studies Association Conference, Honolulu, HI. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5G-NbzCaUc.
2019
“Acts of Sovereignty and Restorative Justice against Settler Colonialism.” American Indian Studies Association Conference, Albuquerque, NM.
2014
“Our Visibility at NCA: Past, Present, and Future of Asian/Pacific American Communication Studies Division and Caucus.” National Communication Association Conference, Chicago, IL.
TEACHING 5
University of Toronto Settler Colonialism and Enduring Indigeneity (first-year seminar). Indigenous Politics and Extractivism (doctoral reading course). Land and Indigenous Politics (undergraduate/graduate). Indigenous Feminist and Queer Theories (undergraduate). Truth, Reconciliation, and Settler Colonialism (undergraduate). University of New Mexico Introduction to Southwest Studies (undergraduate, online). Department of American studies. Race, Class & Ethnicity (undergraduate, online). Department of American Studies. Gender and Communication (undergraduate). Department of Communication & Journalism. Language, Thought & Behavior (undergraduate). Department of Communication & Journalism. Empire’s and Their Enemies (first year seminar). Department of Communication & Journalism and Department of History (co-taught with Caleb Richardson). Introduction to Communication (undergraduate, online). Department of Communication & Journalism. SERVICE Profession 2020
Article Referee: American Indian Culture and Research Journal.
2020
Article Referee: Anarchist Developments in Cultural Studies.
2019
Article Referee: American Quarterly.
2019
Article Referee: Ethnic and Racial Studies Journal.
2018
Book Proposal Referee: West Virginia University Press.
2014
Secretary: Asian/Pacific American Communication Studies Division and Caucus for National Communication Association.
Institutional, University of Toronto 2020
Guest lecture for Brittany Myburgh’s undergraduate course Art in Oceania in Department of Art History.
2020
Member of Program Committee for Centre for the Study of the United States.
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2020
Co-moderator with Michelle Daigle for Winona LaDuke presentation “Post-Fossil Fuel Economics and the Indigenous Green New Deal” hosted by Divestment and Beyond: Organizing Climate Justice at UofT.
2020
Guest lecture for Michelle Daigle’s undergraduate course Indigenous/Canadian Relations in Environmental and Resource Management in Centre for Indigenous Studies.
2020
Guest lecture for Fikile Nxumalo’s graduate course Decolonial & Anti-Racist Environmental Education in Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.
2019
Consultation about Thirty Meter Telescope for Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics hosted by Chair Ray Carlberg, with special session for graduate students organized by request from VP Research Vivek Goel.
2019
Moderator for Vicente Diaz keynote presentation “Back to Indigenous Futures” for Symposium hosted by Re:Locations: Journal of the Asia-Pacific World.
2019
Consultation about Thirty Meter Telescope with Ray Carlberg, Chair of the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics.
2019
Consultation about Thirty Meter Telescope with VP Research Vivek Goel.
Departmental, University of Toronto 2020–
Student Anti-Racism Initiative Fund in Department of Political Science.
2019
Guest lecture for Wendy Wong’s undergraduate course Global Governance in Department of Political Science.
2019
Reviewer for manuscript workshop for Peter Russell’s Sovereignty: A Pernicious Claim Whose Day is Done in Department of Political Science.
Community 2019–
Organizer with Abolition Collective Toronto.
2019–2020
Organizer with Toronto Prisoner Rights’ Project.
2015–2019
Organizer with The Red Nation.
2019
Contributor to Songs of Sovereignty on Kaua‘i Public Radio.
2014
Fishpond restoration at Paepae o He‘eia in Kāne‘ohe, O‘ahu.
2013
Environmental restoration with Kaho‘olawe Island Reserve Commission.
HONORS & AWARDS 2019
Graduate Prize of Excellence, Women Studies, University of New Mexico. 7
2016
Gerald Davis Memorial Award, American Studies, University of New Mexico.
2015
Best Student Paper Prize, Native American & Indigenous Studies Association Conference.
2012
Moreau Award, Moreau Center for Service and Justice, University of Portland.
MEDIA COVERAGE 2021
“Biden Raises Hopes for native Hawaiians Seeking Federal Recognition.” Civil Beat. http://www.civilbeat.org/2021/01/biden-raises-hopes-for-nativehawaiians-seeking-federal-recognition.
2020
“Indigenous Sovereignty, Settler Colonialism, and the Thirty Meter Telescope.” Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy’s Global Conversations. http://www.munkgc.com/podcast/indigenous-sovereignty-settler-colonialismand-the-thirty-meter-telescope.
2020
“Doit-on enlever les télescopes d’Hawaii?” La Presse. November 8, 2020. http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/sciences/2020-11-08/doit-on-enlever-lestelescopes-d-hawaii.php.
2020
“Canadian astronomers contend with issue of Indigenous consent over Hawaiian telescope project.” CBC. September 27, 2020. http://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/canada-indigenous-consent-hawaiitelescope-1.5738068.
2020
“Hawaiian Native Sovereignty.” Hemispheres, KGNU Boulder Community Radio. http://www.kgnu.org/hemispheres.
2019
“Hawaiian pizza is racist w/ David Uahikeaikalei‘ohu Maile.” The Red Nation Podcast. http://soundcloud.com/therednationpod/hawaiian-pizza-is-racist-w.
2019
“Indigenous Peoples’ Day – Dr. David Uahikeaikalei‘ohu Maile.” KSPC Claremont Radio. http://open.spotify.com/episode/3qGBUpdUQkZcmUlffkr66M?si=BHMt52RTY-H2qh78n7Xhw.
2019
“Indigenous People’s Day.” Moccasin Tracks, Goddard Community College Radio. http://archive.wgdr.org.
2019
“‘Wrong side of history’: U of T criticized for involvement in Hawaiian telescope project.” Haya Sardar. The Varsity. September 8. http://thevarsity.ca/2019/09/08/wrong-side-of-history-u-of-t-criticized-forinvolvement-in-hawaiian-telescope-project.
2019
“Protectors of Mauna Kea Are Fighting Colonialism, Not Science.” Julianne Tveten. Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting. August 27. http://fair.org/home/protectors-of-mauna-kea-are-fighting-colonialism-not8
science/?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=social network. 2019
“Native Hawaiians on coverage of Mauna Kea resistance.” Marisa Peryer. Columbia Journalism Review. July 29. http://www.cjr.org/opinion/mauna-keatelescope-protest-hawaii.php.
COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS 2020–
Red Media, imprint press with Common Notions Publishing House.
2020–
Mauna Kea Syllabus Project, multimedia project at the University of Hawai‘i.
2019–
Hawaii, documentary directed by Kalina Bertin and produced by Colonelle Films.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2020
Consultation about Thirty Meter Telescope for National Science Foundation.
2020
Consultation about Thirty Meter Telescope for Canadian National Research Council.
2019
Consultation about Thirty Meter Telescope for Canadian Astronomical Society.
2015
Research Assistant for Curator Candice Hopkins at Museum of Contemporary Native Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Researched artists and art for Visions and Visionaries, including interview and archival methods. Produced exhibit labels.
2012–2014
Intern for Cultural Collections at Bishop Museum in Honolulu, Hawai‘i. Worked on kapa preservation and cataloguing, researching makaloa mats and lono images, and kāhili preservation and cataloguing.
2012
Intern for CEO Karanja Cruise at Journey to Freedom Project Foundation in Portland, Oregon. Produced business plan oriented on social entrepreneurship.
2012
Grant Writer for Forest Grove Public Arts Commission in Forest Grove, Oregon. Wrote and received $10,000 grant for public art project from Washington County Visitor Association.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Native American & Indigenous Studies Association American Studies Association American Political Science Association Hawai‘i Sociological Association
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